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Recently, SoftwareONE UK, provided an in depth webinar covering: “Modernizing Oracle Licensing: For Cloud, Virtualization & Hybrid.” As the second largest global software publisher, Oracle has a depth and breadth throughout enterprises today that cover off on software, hardware, and services; however with such a presence often comes complexity in regards to licensing, usage rights […]

Changes in technology are typically fast-paced and evolution is always imminent. AWS is great for providing an IaaS platform and Oracle is well-known for its platform solutions. Oracle on the AWS platform is a strong choice for customers to consider. The AWS IaaS platform offers a scalable, secure, highly available and secure infrastructure for Oracle […]

Multi-cloud is on the rise. In some organisations, individuals and departments adopt various cloud solutions and services over a period of time, resulting in a gradual drift into a multi-cloud scenario. Other organisations deliberately assign workloads to both Microsoft Azure and AWS, seeking to reduce excessive reliance on either vendor, enhance flexibility, improve resiliency and […]

With so much information coming out of Microsoft Ignite 2017 this year it’s difficult to highlight just a few key points, so for this particular blog, as members of the SoftwareONE Microsoft Advisory Services (MAS) team we’ll focus on specific product releases and functionality that we touch on a day to day basis. We view […]

As a twenty year veteran of the Oracle ecosystem, I’m excited to attend this year’s Oracle Open World 2017. My goal is to understand from partners, customers and analysts what progress Oracle is making in transitioning its business to the cloud. Specifically, are customers migrating their database and middleware workloads to Oracle via subscription? To […]

With many CIOs preoccupied with digital transformation, the goal of moving large investment infrastructure (and the software running on it) to the cloud is always a topic of hot debate. However, smart IT departments proceed with caution before jumping wholesale into the cloud. After all, IT is on the line for the delivery of critical […]

There has recently been a lot of buzz surrounding Azure Hybrid Use Benefit (also known as Hybrid Use Right, or simply AHUB), a Microsoft Software Assurance benefit tied to Windows Server licensing. Most of the questions SoftwareONE fields regarding AHUB pertain to potential cost savings. “Is this really a less expensive way to deploy Windows […]

In a recent Gartner survey it was determined that Software Asset Management (SAM) is now a strategic, C-level initiative, and no longer limited to middle management concerns. In fact, 79% of those responsible for SAM now report to the C-level, and 27% of those responsible for the execution of SAM are C-level themselves. Given the […]

In March of 2016, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, announced that his auto company would do the unthinkable. He promised a $35,000 electric car that drove like its six-figure predecessors and was one of the safest cars in the world. The car would be called “Model 3” and Musk said, “You will not be able […]

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